VA Democrat Who Brandished AK47 on House Floor Was Jailed and Disbarred in 1999

Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, January 20, 2013, 8:29 AM

Democrat Joseph Morrissey, who brandished an AK47 on the Virginia House floor last week, was arrested for assault and jailed for contempt of court and was disbarred in 1999.The Daily Caller reported:

A Virginia lawmaker who drew gasps from his colleagues when he brandished a borrowed AK-47 during an anti-gun speech Thursday was found guilty in 2002 of committing a vicious 1999 assault, was sanctioned for legal misconduct while prosecuting a rape case, spent six months in jail for contempt of a federal court, and saw his law license revoked in 2003.

Democratic Delegate Joseph Morrissey brought the rifle to the floor of the House of Delegates to demonstrate how easy it is to carry firearms in Virginia. Republican Delegate Todd Gilbert interrupted Morrissey’s speech to ask him to remove his finger from inside the gun’s trigger-guard — a basic gun-safety practice.

Sam Stone commented:

THIS is exactly why I want all to pursue with their elected officials a new law. ALL those running for elective office must be subjected to a comprehensive criminal and MENTAL health background check. Any item in the background check that would disqualify an otherwise law abiding citizen from purchasing and owning a firearm would ALSO DISQUALIFY a person form elective office.

I also propose a 25% income tax on ALL CAMPAIGN contributions TO THE RECEIVER of the donation. Taxed just as any income you and I would receive form working a side job or selling on ebay etc.

Why should any citizen be subjected to a background check to exercise a RIGHT if the persons making laws that infringe on that right are NOT subject to the same background check?

Janet K. commented:

~was found guilty in 2002 of committing a vicious 1999 assault,
~was sanctioned for legal misconduct while prosecuting a rape case,
~spent six months in jail for contempt of a federal court, and
~saw his law license revoked in 2003

Valerie commented:

Here we are, supposedly deep into concern about the killing of the little children at Sandy Hook, and the Association of Teacher-Educators is going to have, as its keynote speaker, a person who advocated killing 25 Million Americans.

cavt commented:

Freddie Sykes commented:

I would have thought that somebody convicted of a violent assault would not be allowed to carry firearms. Did he break a federal law by having the rifle in his possession or did his actions come under the Gregory Waiver?

Toa commented:

Highlander commented:

Just another perfect example of the fact that gun laws cannot prevent a-holes from getting a gun, or taking it somewhere that it doesn’t belong. It’s a good thing he wasn’t intent on shooting the place up ….

It’s also a perfect example of the fact that, once we are stripped of OUR guns, they’ll still have theirs, and the rules won’t apply to them….

Sam Stone commented:

Howdy Daniel McAndrew, how the hell are ya? I have another cause……background checks for the elected.

#12 dwdude named another who may not pass a mental health background check.

What ever firearms purchasers or owners must ultimately be subject to, so should all running for office. No exceptions. Whatever would disqualify a firearm purchaser would as such disqualify anyone for elected office, Federal Sate or Local. And the 25% tax on all campaign contributions is desperate and needed.

stuart commented:

Sam Stone #2.
Background checks for those running for office: Now there’s an Idea that might sound good but would be abused so quickly as to make your head spin. How long do you think it would be before anybody who espoused conservative ideas would be declared mentally incompetent. That was the same ploy that they used in the old Soviet Union. You see, Communism was so logical, so wonderful, so fair, and the epitome of social justice, that anyone who opposed it was by definition insane. I am sure that Obama considers those who don’t go along with his program to be either mentally unsound or evil, and will use whatever powers provided him to destroy them.

11B3V commented:

Flintstone F. commented:

All I can say is #2 meet #13.

But I’ll add, in regard to natural law, the very smart woman in blue is ducking and demonstrating the principle. We have an innate response to a threat. Fight or flight.

The natural urge to pick something up and throw it at someone in anger, was demonstrated by Piers Morgan when he wadded up a piece of paper and threw it at Scotti, a female guest on his show along with “Tank Girl.”

We have to be able to protect ourselves from non-thinking emotionally charged morons.

He should be charged and jailed for what he did. He is the poster child for mandatory gun safety education in the public schools.

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Big picture: Obama is trying to kill my religion by destroying my country and attacking my means of protecting my family. God before country, country before family is what I believe and Obama is trying to take them away in the same order.

Enemy of the state. Enemy of the people. He’s been sworn in, now Get The Fraud Out.

Pegpond commented:

HA HA love it this idiot does not even know basic gun safety and yet wants Gun Control here’s a clue idiot gun control is what is practiced by a responsible gun owner who knows about the weapon they own not by some jerk who wants to wave it around like a toy.